CVE-2020-16846
unknown
KEV
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.5
Description
SaltStack Salt allows an unauthenticated user with network access to the Salt API to use shell injections to run code on the Salt API using the SSH client. This vulnerability affects any users running the Salt API.
CISA KEV
- Vendor
- SaltStack
- Product
- Salt
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Metasploit modules
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | salt | <2015.8.13 | 2015.8.13 |
| PyPI | salt | >=2016.3.0,<2016.3.8 | 2016.3.8 |
| PyPI | salt | >=2016.11.0,<2016.11.10 | 2016.11.10 |
| PyPI | salt | >=2017.5.0,<2017.7.8 | 2017.7.8 |
| PyPI | salt | >=2018.2.0,<2018.3.5 | 2018.3.5 |
| PyPI | salt | >=2019.2.0,<2019.2.6 | 2019.2.6 |
| PyPI | salt | >=3000.0,<3000.4 | 3000.4 |
| PyPI | salt | >=3001,<3001.2 | 3001.2 |
| PyPI | salt | >=3002,<3002.1 | 3002.1 |
| PyPI | salt | >=3000,<3000.3 | 2015.8.10 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.1.rst#L12
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.2.rst#L10
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.4.rst#L10
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2019.2.6.rst#L10
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2020-104.yaml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.